West Indies’ fate is open, New Zealand’s journey is over. (Photo- GETTY)
ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026: In the last match of Group-2 of Women’s T20 World Cup 2026, host England showed a tremendous game and registered another resounding victory in the tournament. In this important match played on the historic ground of The Oval, England defeated the defending champion New Zealand by 9 wickets. This one-sided victory of England completely cleared the semi-final equation of Group-2, where despite losing, the West Indies team reached the semi-finals in a better position. At the same time, the New Zealand team, which came to defend the title, had to be eliminated from the tournament.
West Indies’ fate is open, New Zealand’s journey ends
Before this match, the West Indies team had to face a crushing defeat against Ireland in the beginning of the day, due to which their hopes were hanging in the balance. To reach the semi-finals, New Zealand had to defeat England by a big margin. But after this victory of England, West Indies team qualified for the knockout stage by finishing second with 3 wins. On the other hand, the New Zealand team could register only two wins in 5 matches.
Danny Wyatt Hodge broke the World Cup record
In this match played between England and New Zealand, once again the storm of Danny Wyatt Hodge’s bat was seen. The England team, which set out to chase the target of 164 runs given by New Zealand, adopted an aggressive stance from the very beginning. Star opener Danny Wyatt Hodge played an unbeaten inning of 89 runs with the help of 15 fours and 1 six in just 53 balls, raining fours all around the field. On the basis of this magical innings, Danny Wyatt also broke the record of Australia’s Beth Mooney (259 runs) for scoring the most runs in a single season of the Women’s T20 World Cup, now she has 282 runs.
Danny Wyatt Hodge along with Sophia Dunkley (49 not out) made an unbroken and match-winning partnership of 128 runs in 80 balls for the second wicket, on the basis of which England achieved the target by losing only 1 wicket in 17.2 overs. With this victory, the England team remained unbeaten and on top in their group and now they will face the second placed team of Group 1 in the semi-final match on the same ground on Thursday.
